Mrs. Evans came to the school to get Lily and Dawnelle a few days later. The same day Sirius and James were planning on leaving the school. There were some short introductions in the hall before Mrs. Evans was rushed off by the girls wanting to go dress shopping. They promised to meet the boys later that night, around dinner time. Driving away from the castle Mrs. Evans asked the obvious question.

"Lily, this boy, James? Is that the James you have been complaining about for the past six years?" Dawnelle looked at Lily and burst out laughing.

"Yes, mum, it is."

"I thought you hated him."

"Oh shut up Dawnelle!" Lily exclaimed. Dawnelle was gasping for air.

"Mary, I think it would be sufficient to say that Lily has changed many of her opinions this year."

"What?"

"Mum, James is different this year. He's nicer."

"She has been spending more time with him actually," Dawnelle coughed.

"Really? This seems like an interesting story."

"James is Head Boy."

"Lily, you're Head Girl!"

"Yes mum. I basically live with the kid now. According to Amber and Dawnelle I'm simply seeing more of him which is why I like him now, I still maintain that him not hexing someone every time I walk into a room makes the difference."

"Oh, I see. Well he does seem very nice."

"He is," Dawnelle said. "And he adores your daughter. He always has."

"Dawnelle!"

"Dawnelle, I'm glad you're here to tell me the truth as it is clear Lily wouldn't have." Mrs. Evans grinned and took the girls into London.

They got some lunch and began their long day of shopping. Dawnelle found a dress in the second store but Lily was having some troubles. It happens when you have red hair. About two hours later Lily finally found one she loved. The girls then had to find shoes. This was much easier for Lily than Dawnelle. When they had finally finished their shopping, which included accessories as well, Lily pulled out James' nearly legible directions. With the help of the girls' deciphering skills Mrs. Evans pulled into the drive of the largest manor any of them had ever seen.

"Merlin, would you look at this place?" Dawnelle muttered as they emptied the truck of its contents. James and Sirius raced down the front steps to meet them. There were workers and house elves running this way and that in and out of the house trying to decorate and set up.

"Nice place Potter," Dawnelle said.

"Thanks, we don't live here most of the time. We only use it for parties. Most of the time my parents live in a flat in London."

"This place is gorgeous though!" Lily exclaimed looking up at the enormous house. James smiled at her.

"I think you'll like the inside better," he said. Sirius called over one of the servants and asked politely for the bags to be taken up to the girls rooms. The young man nodded and called someone else for some help.

"Let us give you the somewhat grand tour!" James exclaimed. The girls laughed and said good bye to Mrs. Evans before following the boys into the house. The place really was enormous. The main level held a massive dining room and ballroom. The entrance hall had beautiful marble floor. There was a massive kitchen towards the back but the girls only looked in quickly because it was so busy. Upstairs on the first level the family slept. There was a huge master bedroom and three huge regular bedrooms. There were three smaller bathrooms in each room as well. Up on the second level were the guest rooms, five in total. Three had private bathrooms and one of these was to be occupied by Remus who would be there in the morning. He was spending the day with his family. The girls got the rooms with a connector bathroom. These rooms were huge. They each had a small reading chair and a small couch. There was a huge double bed and a shared balcony which over looked the back yard. In the bathroom they shared one would be hard pressed to realize there was in fact another person in there with you. There was a large bath tub and a separate shower. The bags were already there and the boys left the girls to unpack.

"Would you look at this place? I feel like I'm in some hotel for the Queen," Dawnelle said as she fell onto Lily's bed.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. This room is like the size of my parents room and we have a big house."

"This bathroom is bigger then all the bathrooms in our house put together!"

"Well I think the bathroom has been spelled to become that big. Did you notice that?"

"Yeah, but still! Huge!" Lily laughed as she hung up her dress and some of her other clothing.

"Are you going to unpack?"

"Mmm, after dinner?"

"Dawnelle, your dress will be wrinkled. Go hang it up at least."

"Ok, ok fine." Dawnelle disappeared into her room and put some of her more delicate clothing items in the closet. She took the shoes out as well and laid them out. When she was done she marched back into Lily's room. Together they rejoined the boys at the bottom of the stairs in the grand entrance way. They came upon a scene when they arrived. Three people had just gotten there and everyone seemed to have stopped work in order to greet them. Suitcases were piled to the side and coats were tossed aside for the moment. James and Sirius weren't there but Lily and Dawnelle could tell that these must be the Potter's. They didn't have to ask though because James and Sirius came sprinting across the hall together to join the group.

"MUM!" they cried at once and both attacked the older woman who was addressing a house elf about the dinner menu for the evening. She looked up as both boys ran at her. The force would have knocked her off her feet if they weren't holding her up. She laughed loudly at them and pushed them away.

"Oh good heavens what ever am I going to do with you two?" she asked.

"JAMES!" shrieked the little girl standing with her parents. Lily guessed she would be nine or ten. She threw herself at James who caught her and spun her around wildly before handing her to Sirius who did the same. The family reunion was enjoyable for the girls to watch and they felt no need to interrupt before necessary. Mr. Potter, after greeting James and Sirius pulled everything back into organization and everyone went back to work. The bags and coats disappeared along with the house elves and several of the servants. Lily though it nice that these people created an enjoyable work atmosphere and that their apparent wealth did not make them incredibly stuck up as some of the students at her school were known for.

James and Sirius joined Lily and Dawnelle on the stairs and announced that it was time for introductions. The girls stood up nervously. Sirius grabbed Dawnelle's arm and practically dragged her over to Mr. Potter. James held out his hand to Lily and waited for her to take it. She couldn't have been sure but she thought she saw a tremor in his hand before she took it. Was he nervous? She didn't know.

Yes, in fact James had never been quite this nervous in his life. He was desperate for his parents to approve of Lily but they had yet to approve of either of the dates he or Sirius had ever brought home. He could tell by the bland expressions both his parents wore that they were expecting the same thing that happened every year to happen this time. They were waiting for a comment to be made to James about his money and rude attitude towards James' sister who only wanted to be friends and a rather ignorant treatment of the servants for the next few days.

"Mum, dad," Sirius said. "This is Dawnelle, my girlfriend."

"Nice to meet you," Dawnelle said. She went to reach out her hand but Sirius still had a death grip on her arm. "Sirius let go of me," she said smiling at him. He looked at his hand and finally released her. She shook hands with the Potter's politely.

"I hope you've found everything to your liking?" Mrs. Potter asked in a motherly way.

"Oh yes, very much. This house is beautiful," Dawnelle replied respectfully.

"Thank you. Did Sirius show you to your room?"

"Yes he did and may I just say it is one of the most beautiful places I've stayed in."

"Oh my dear I'm glad you like it!" Mrs. Potter had high hopes for Sirius' girl. After all, he didn't introduce most of his dates as 'girlfriend'. James and Lily walked forward now. James was working hard to find his voice but he wasn't having any luck. He glanced at Lily hoping she would understand.

"Hi, I'm Lily Evans," she said as she held out her free hand. Mr. Potter shook it gently but looked curiously at his son. Mrs. Potter, however, looked Lily up and down as if sizing her up. She was pretty, that was the first thing she noticed but she seemed more laid back then the other girls she had met. She took Lily's hand in her own.

"It's very nice to meet you," she said.

"Mummy," James' sister interrupted. Mrs. Potter looked at her daughter. "Isn't Lily Evans the girl Sirius always teases Jamesy about?" Lily, Sirius, and Dawnelle laughed.

"Yes, I'd dare say that I am that girl," Lily answered the girl. "And you must be James' sister, Malory. He's talked about you before."

"What did he say?"

"He tells us that you're nine and that you're very good at pulling pranks," Dawnelle said. "You must get it from those two." She pointed at the boys standing behind her. Sirius hit James on the back. Hard. James coughed and took a step forward into Lily. Dawnelle and Sirius laughed. It had the desired affect though. James could talk again.

"What the heck Sirius?"

"Oh good, you CAN still talk. And here I was thinking you had suddenly come down with a case of Lilylarengitis. You know, where you can't talk if she's in the room." This time James hit Sirius. He punched square in the arm. "OW!"

"Get over it." The girl both laughed.

"Are they always like this?" James' sister asked. Lily and Dawnelle looked at each other and then back at her.

"Yes," they answered together. The Potters laughed. Sirius and James glared at Lily and Dawnelle.

"No use pretending to be angry. We know you're not," Dawnelle said. Sirius shrugged.

"But of course, she is right," he said. James nodded in agreement.

"My dears we're going to enjoy having you stay here this week," Mrs. Potter said. It was an unspoken approval of the boys choices and the tension they both felt immediately flew out the window. "Dinner will be at seven," she said addressing the boys. "It'll be business casual dress. Your father has some people from the ministry coming in."

Mr. Potter worked as an Auror which could be why James was hoping to someday choose a career in that field. The boys both nodded in agreement and then the Potter's left. Mr. Potter left to go finish up some paper work and Mrs. Potter went to over see the decorating, cleaning, cooking, and everything else that was going on in that house.

(A/N: I am SOOOO sorry this has taken so long! My basement flooded and I lost all the files on my computer and then there was the clean up and then the figuring out where I was suppose to go next and then the replacing my damaged stuff... it's been hectic, I hope it won't take me as long to get the next chapter up.

Much Love!)